<In response to Larry in response to Patrick in response to John> Please visit the following 2 year old hp3000-l thread regarding calculating a given time frame via a system variable. I believe it still holds water...or maybe it just stands the test of time. http://raven.utc.edu/SCRIPTS/WA.EXE?A2=ind9701B&L=hp3000-l&D=0&H=&T=&O=&F=&P =24420 Eric Sand [log in to unmask] > -----Original Message----- > From: Simonsen, Larry [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Friday, January 22, 1999 5:10 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: HPSECOND CI var to go with HPHOUR & HPMINUTE? > > If you do this we might as well add the milliseconds. Some time we will > need them and while in that area of code go for both. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Larry Simonsen Phone: 801-489-2450 > Flowserve Corporation Fax: 801-491-1750 > PO Box 2200 http://www.flowserve.com > Springville, UT 84663 e-mail: [log in to unmask] > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Patrick Santucci [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Saturday, January 23, 1999 5:24 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: HPSECOND CI var to go with HPHOUR & HPMINUTE? > > I second - er, third - this request! I'll go one step further and > suggest another seconds-based variable: HPSECSTODAY, the number of > seconds since midnight. This would make calculating elapsed times easier > and more precise. Combined with HPMONTH and HPDATE, you could even > calculate elapsed times spanning multiple days! Yes, I know I could do > some of this with HPCONNSECS, but that only works for calculations > during a given job or session. I'm looking for something I could use to > write to a file from multiple jobs/sessions that could be used for > calculating elapsed times between events in those differing > jobs/sessions. Hence my desire for something like HPSECSTODAY. (Ouch, > sorry about that; it sounds awful, doesn't it? Maybe Jeff Vance and CSY > -- or you good listeners -- can clean it up for me. It's the concept I'm > interested in, not the name of the variable.) > > Patrick > > John Korb wrote: > > > > Yup! Been there, wished for that. Same reason, too - logging! > > > > John > > > > At 1/22/99 05:19 PM , Mark Bixby wrote: > > >Has anybody else ever wished for an HPSECOND CI variable to go along > with the > > >current time-of-day variables HPHOUR and HPMINUTE? > <snip> > > >It seems to me this would be a really easy CI enhancement, given that > HPHOUR > > >and HPMINUTE already exist..... > > -- > Patrick Santucci > Technical Services Analyst > KVI, a division of Seabury & Smith, Inc. > Visit our site! http://www.kvi-ins.com > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > "Why is it that when I was young life was complex because > I lacked experience and now that I'm experienced life is > complex because I'm not young?" - James Trudeau